Corfe Castle United Kingdom

Corfe Castle is a village and civil parish in the English county of Dorset. It is the site of a ruined castle of the same name. The village and castle stand over a gap in the Purbeck Hills on the route between Wareham and Swanage. The village lies in the gap below the castle and is around four miles south-east of Wareham, and four miles north-northwest of Swa…
Corfe Castle is a village and civil parish in the English county of Dorset. It is the site of a ruined castle of the same name. The village and castle stand over a gap in the Purbeck Hills on the route between Wareham and Swanage. The village lies in the gap below the castle and is around four miles south-east of Wareham, and four miles north-northwest of Swanage. Both the main A351 road from Lytchett Minster to Swanage and the Swanage Railway thread their way through the gap and the village.
  • Population: 1,355 (parish)
  • Area: 14.5 sq mi (38 km²)
  • OS grid reference: SY957823
  • Civil parish: Corfe Castle
  • Unitary authority: Dorset
  • Ceremonial county: Dorset
  • Region: South West

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